Comments on: Odds and Ends

By: Carol Anne

Carol Anne — Wed, 27 Oct 2004 06:23:35 +0000

Actually, what I usually tell Pat is that he drives better with his eyes open. The problem arises when I can’t keep my eyes open in order to nag him to keep his eyes open.

By: Pat

Pat — Wed, 27 Oct 2004 00:22:42 +0000

At least Amtrak ought to be a bit faster than the Cumbres & Toltec.

But the Miata would look so cool on a flatcar at the end of the C&TSRR as at winds through the mountains.

Which reminds me that I need to make up a CD of train pictures for Carol Anne to upload for folks.

By: Pat

Pat — Wed, 27 Oct 2004 00:20:11 +0000

But the meditation thing doesn’t work too well when I have passengers — Carol Anne keeps saying I drive better with her eyes open.

By: Jerry

Jerry — Tue, 26 Oct 2004 14:06:46 +0000

Driving does have a meditative quality if you allow it to, especially out on the open road.

By: Jerry

Jerry — Tue, 26 Oct 2004 13:59:55 +0000

The toe is happier without shoes. There are a few dark spots at the base of my toes and much of my foot has a gray pallor. I can move the toe a little now.

My plane ticket leaves from San Francisco on November 7 – I have to visit the DMV in CA to take care of the car. Today I’m going to see if the train can get both me and car to CA, leaving me free to write while riding the rail. Maybe I’m forgetting the lesson Jesse and I learned about american rail travel years ago, but it sounds like a cool adventure.

By: Carol Anne

Carol Anne — Tue, 26 Oct 2004 08:18:30 +0000

Working on my NaNo project too — strangely enough, Monday Night Football proved to be useful research. I needed to know about Cincinnati, and Al Michaels was glad to share.

On radio stations, something I learned while working at KUNM is that the public radio stations are at the lower end of the FM dial, so whenever you’re in a strange land and you want public radio, look down there. In Albuquerque, we have two public radio stations, KUNM (NPR) and KANW (Pacifica). They’re at 89.1 and 89.9, although I can’t remember which is which.

On bartenders, you’d probably love Isabel at the Damsite, although you’d probably be safe from falling in love with her. She’s a lot like Grandma Seeger’s maid, Mary, but a few decades younger, only 60 or so.

By: Melinda

Melinda — Tue, 26 Oct 2004 03:52:54 +0000

Do we have a toe update?

By: Dr Pants

Dr Pants — Mon, 25 Oct 2004 23:58:15 +0000

I used to do the drive from Buffalo to Chicago every weekend for quite awhile. I miss that 8-10 hour drive with the tunes and the ashphalt. Just the driving for a long time has a way of clearing my head.

NaNoWriMo only a week…that’s right. I’m a member now too. Now, let’s see if I can do this…

By: Pat

Pat — Mon, 25 Oct 2004 22:46:16 +0000

Now it’s officially a coast-to-coast tour and blog. What comes next? Backtrack to AR or NM? Hop a plane to Prague? NaNoWriMo officially just a week off.